diff --git a/doc/manual.org b/doc/manual.org
index 444d3563..1344ac8f 100644
--- a/doc/manual.org
+++ b/doc/manual.org
@@ -375,6 +375,12 @@ the library and you are free to expose only the modules you want.
   =bar=, you should typically write =-lbar= here, or whatever flags
   are necessary to to link against this library.
 
+- =(self_build_stubs_archive <c-libname>)= indicates to Jbuilder that
+  the library has stubs, but that the stubs are built manually. The
+  aim of the field is to embed a library written in foreign language
+  and/or building with another build system. It is not for casual
+  uses, see the [[https://github.com/janestreet/re2][re2 library]] for an example of use
+
 Note that when binding C libraries, Jbuilder doesn't provide special
 support for tools such as =pkg-config=, however it integrates easily
 with [[https://github.com/janestreet/configurator][configurator]] by using =(c_flags (:include ...))= and
diff --git a/src/jbuild_types.ml b/src/jbuild_types.ml
index 46401c5c..d3776635 100644
--- a/src/jbuild_types.ml
+++ b/src/jbuild_types.ml
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ module Library = struct
        field      "kind" Kind.t ~default:Kind.Normal                       >>= fun kind                     ->
        field      "wrapped" bool ~default:true                             >>= fun wrapped                  ->
        field_b    "optional"                                               >>= fun optional                 ->
+       field      "self_build_stubs_archive" (option string) ~default:None >>= fun self_build_stubs_archive ->
        return
          { name
          ; public
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ module Library = struct
          ; includes = []
          ; library_flags
          ; c_library_flags
-         ; self_build_stubs_archive = None
+         ; self_build_stubs_archive
          ; js_of_ocaml
          ; virtual_deps
          ; wrapped